It’s exciting to have one of my self portraits shortlisted for the 2015 Prospect Portrait Prize in Adelaide. The prize sought “artworks that are interpretations and reflections of the subject but not a literal likeness”.
In contrast to some of the more anguished self portraits I’ve painted in the past, ‘Self 2015’ reflected a day (or maybe this year) when hope and promise conquered fear and overwhelm. A big lesson from my studio fire in 2013 was that there’s no point hoarding art in your own little cave, it’s created to be seen and this year I’ve put in a mega effort to get my work into group exhibitions across Australia.
The 2015 Prospect Portrait Prize exhibition will be held at Prospect Gallery, 1 Thomas Street, Nailsworth, Adelaide, from 6 December 2015 to 17 January 2016.
Finalist 2015 Prospect Portrait Prize
‘Man in the Street’ has a new home for a month, hanging out with the mannequins in the window of Christensen Copenhagen in Toorak Village, Melbourne. This is the fourth year traders have displayed art on easels in their shop windows. Toorak Village Art Walk 2015 runs from 19 October until 15 November.
‘Passerby James Street’ has been shortlisted in the Contemporary category of the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award 2015. The finalist exhibition will be held at the Campbelltown Arts Centre, 1 Art Gallery Road, Sydney, from 31 October to 12 December 2015. Now in it’s 53rd year, the exhibition is part of the annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost.
I was honoured to have my painting ‘Steampacket Market Geelong’ selected by judge Stephen Doyle as the winner of Best Oil at the Hobsons Bay Art Show in Melbourne.
Next weekend I’ll be showing two of my landscapes in the Hobsons Bay Art Show in Williamstown. This follows paintings in the Bayside Art Show in Sandringham and in the ‘Movement in Art’ Exhibition at Frankston Arts Centre’s Cube Gallery during August. Working my way around the coast!
My paintings are reaching new audiences through the American Art Awards, an online competition that had submissions from 35 countries this year. The two paintings I entered have received placings in their categories and will be published on the American Art Awards website and on the Highlight Hollywood site which is running stories on the awards over the next month. 
‘Passerby Union Street’ has been selected as a finalist in this year’s Cliftons Art Prize. The ten Melbourne finalists will be exhibited at 440 Collins Street from 7 October to 11 December 2015, coinciding with other finalist shows at Cliftons venues in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand.
It was a major highlight of my years of painting to be shortlisted for the 2015 Sunshine Coast Art Prize and to attend the opening on 4 September. Left, I’m pictured with ‘Man Ruminating’, one of 40 finalists from across Australia. It’s a thrill to have the opportunity to be hung with some of my favourite painters.
It was an honour to be selected as a finalist in this year’s Mosman Art Prize, one of Australia’s oldest and most coveted visual arts awards.